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I am not trying to minimize the loss of life or the pain from that loss - whatever the cause. I just would like to see honest, if undramatic reporting. Then again, the truth of highway deaths might be dramatic if the media ever bothered to look beyond MADD for information.

To me it's no different than going to the Brady people for information on 'gun related' deaths. You know what that picture would look like, don't you?

Yeah, I agree that this is a topic that really deserves some high-quality attention.

For example, I sometimes have to drive at night on rural 2-lane highways. I'm always fully sober but the drivers around me are not always that way. I've wondered if I'd improve my safety to any measurable degree by not driving these roads as much at night, or if it's unlikely to make any difference in my chance of getting into a bad accident.

People in this country spend WAY too much time reading about (and worrying about) risks that are laughably miniscule. Yet there's very little information on the big risks that actually do kill a lot of people.